New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-31
Fat People and Thin.
Dr.. Ross R. Bunting in Pooular scien

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DR. Ross r. Bunting in Popular Science
News.
Lord Byron was an exception to.
the general desire to become fat. 1t
is generally considered that he injured
ibis health from his great fear OF cor
pulency. DR.. Polidori, his physicians,
says he would refrain from food for
days, and then appease his hunger
with a water and a glass OF brandy.
Fat is of great use in the human body
Ein moderate amount, in which case it
is generally considered sign OF good
health. 1t forms one e-twentieth OF the
weight of man and one-sixteenth of
that of q woman. According to DR..
Hutchinson, a man five feet seven
inches in height may properly weigh
148 pounds; six teeth in height, l7S
pounds. fat serves to protect the
body from external violence,
by uniform diffusion of pres
| sure through the entire adj
pose tissue; 1T promotes the easy
| movement Of different organs, as the
heart and the eyeball; even in cases
OF very great emaciation it always re
mains around these organs, motion
being very essential to the proper
performance OF their functions. Fat
also keeps up the heat Of the body,
on account of fits imperfect conduct
ing power. We have a marked in
stance Of this in the whale and seal,
animals exposed to very low temper
atures.
The first few days after birth the
human infant loses in weight consid-
erably, and, were there not store
house of fat provided, would certain
~ die. "Fat and stupidity" says
| Lord Chesterfield, 'tare looked upon
as such inseparable companions that
they are used as synonymous terms,
Edmnnd Burke, speaking of the
French Revolutions, says that .fat,
stupidity, irreligion and avarice arise
from the common cause" And yet
David Hume, the historian. Edward
Gibbon. author OF the decline and
Fall OF the Roman Empire" and Ma
poleon the First grew fat;
the first two whilst per-
| forming great intellectual !abors:
the last, although under the influence,
during most OF his life, of one of tho
passions one would think the least
| inclined to obosity-ambition. Gull
len considers obesity disease when it
renders persons, from a difficult res
peration, uneasy in themselves, and,
inability OF exercise, unfit for dis
charging the duties of life to others.
The symptoms Of corpulence are
easily recognized, the more prominent
being difficulty in breathing, inability
to walk any great distance. difficulty
in ascending a stairway, often tenden-
cy to palpitation, tendency to verti-
go, dispeptic troubles. In fat pers ons
the bony framework is not so large
as in those who are thin; they have
generally small hands and feet. The
bony skeleton has therefore little to
do with the weight in these cases; it
is due to the adipose tissue.
No doubt some noted characters of
history, although somewhat corpu-
lent, owed their large size to a muscu-
lar development, as we'll as a large
bony framework. We may cite as in
stances Marius the Roman consnl,
William the Conquea and John Sobi-
eska. 1t has been said that Sin the
Bey's seragPo at Tripoli women are
tattened against a certain day by
means of repose and baths, assisted
by diet of Turkish flower mixed
with honey. Fifteen days. it is said,
are sufficient for the purpose"
Our fat ftiends must follow the add
vice given by Abernethy to one of his
noble patients: 'Yoar lordship must
do as the famous Duke of wellington.
did on q we'll ll-known occasion-cut off
the supplies, and the enemy will leave,
the CITADEL" they must take the sort
OF food that will prodnce the least
amount OF fat, but will give strength;
they should therefore take more Of
nitrogenous aud less Of carbonaceous
food. OF the five different sorts ofan--
iraal food-beef, veal, mutton, lamb
and pork-the first is the least, and
pork the most, heat-producing. The.
latter, therefore, should not be eaten
AS there are more thin people in the.
world than fat people, q word of adj
vice to the former might not be out of
place. They must sleep all they can;.
keep early hours for retiring; lie down
in the middle OF the day; drink agreat
deal OF water; eat heartily, especially
of farinaceous food; take plenty OF e2-
ercise, but in moderation. Be cheer
ful. Sterne says that ''every tinae q
man laughs, he adds something to his,
life" " And, according to Solomon, "a
merry heart doeth good like a medi-
cine; but a broken spirit drieth the
bones"
Much Mulish Mischief.
From the Reno Gazette.
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